(This is part 3 of new contributor Dr Alan Mease‘s series on Integrative Holistic Medicine. Part 1 and part 2 are here) …Continue reading: Why Do We Need Integrative Holistic Medicine?…

(This is part 2 of new contributor Dr Alan Mease‘s 5-part series on Integrative Holistic Medicine. Part 1 is here.)

What makes man unique is his consciousness, which exists even in infants and can be simply understood as the realms of waking, dreaming and deep sleeping. Central to the unifying theory of integrative holistic medicine is the existence of an energy field associated with the body-mind. The existence of a body with each realm of consciousness is taught in most healing traditions. This is due to the increasing complexity of the physical body-mind. …Continue reading: How does Integrative Holistic Medicine Work?…

(This is the first of hopefully many pieces by our new contributor, Dr Alan Mease, chief of pediatrics at Beijing’s United Family Hospital). Here is part 2, part 3

As a physician I have long recognized that caring for patients requires more than an understanding of the science of modern Western medicine. The human experience is so much more than physical. The success of medical science in treating diseases of the body and more recently the mind is remarkable but it is only a recent phenomenon less than 100 years old. It is increasingly recognized by both patients and doctors that there is something missing. This has led patients to seek alternative treatments and physicians to develop an approach called integrative holistic medicine. Integrative holistic medicine is the art and science of healing that addresses the whole person: body, mind, soul and spirit. …Continue reading: What is Integrative Holistic Medicine?…